‘The Makeover’ filming at Newton City Hall

The War Memorial has turned into campaign central for the fictional Elliot Doolittle, a blue-collar Southie guy running for Congress in the movie "The Makeover," shot at Newton City Hall.

Pictured: The outside of the Newton War Memorial, strung up with a banner for Elliot Doolittle. Filming took place on Tuesday inside the memorial, at the Inspectional Services counter and inside the main rotunda.
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The movie follows Julia Stiles as Hannah Higgins, a failed congressional candidate trying to turn Doolittle, played by David Walton, into the perfect candidate.

Pictured: Practicing shots for the scene inside the war memorial.
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"It's basically Pygmalion set in the world of politics," said Stiles in between takes. Pygmalion is a play by George Bernard Shaw about the transformation of Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle into someone who can pass for a duchess.

Pictured: Doolittle campaign posters on the wall of the war memorial.
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Stand-ins for the actors filled their spots so that crews could fix lighting and camera angles. Stand-ins are Screen Actors Guild workers from the Newton area.
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The view from the front of the war memorial room. There were around 40 crew members working inside the memorial. The film brought about 150 cast and crew members to the city.
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The “upscale audience” who listened to Doolittle’s speech. First Assistant Director Dick Feury said that the film hired local extras, some members of the Screen Actors Guild and some not, to play the audience. There were about 100 extras in the audience.
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